William totally and utterly believes in The Lost World

A plateau in the Amazon basin of South America where prehistoric animals (dinosaurs and other extinct creatures) still survive

When I told him and Esther

We had been invited to Lost Kingdom

He totally believed we would be travelling back in time

To a place where dinosaurs are alive and well

And roaming free for us to see

On route to Paultons Park

I gave William a map of the attraction

To avoid too much disapppointment on arrival

That we were in fact still in 2016

With rollercoasters and theme park rides

Rather than real prehistoric creatures

Map studied and memorised

Our mini explorers were ready for Lost Kingdom

And beyond excited to be some of the very first children

To ever visit the park

As we queued to enter Paultons Park

We had the opportunity to get up close with a baby dinosaur

It was really very realistic and quite cute

Esther was smitten

One of the wonderful things about Lost Kingdom

Is the attention to detail

The amount of clever planning

To create a truly immersive dinosaur experience

This was helped along by the scorching hot weather

On our visit day

We started our adventure with the T Rex

Esther was desperate to get close to him

A few families at a time

Were allowed in to the enclosure

With the Tyrannosaurus Rex

But we were always slightly off with our timing

And the queue was always closing as we arrived

We did get right up to the fence though

And Esther was brave enough to stroke him

She was incredibly happy and proud that she did

At one point during the day

We witnessed dinosaur feeding time

Which was when William truly realised the T Rex was not real

And it was all a bit of a show

The first ride we ventured on

Was The Dinosaur Tour Company

The queue was quite long and fairly slow

As people were having photographs taken

For their Park Ranger Cards

We did not mind the queue

As we weaved through rock tunnels

And gazed at rollercoasters through skylights

Even queuing is fun in Lost Kingdom

The Dinosaur Tour Co is fun for all the family

With two steering wheels in each jeep

It is perfect for twins

The tour takes you round a trail

Spotting different animated dinosaurs

There was lots to see

We were trying to guess what the different dinosaurs were

It would have been good, I think

If the models were labelled

We went on this ride twice

And each time one of us came off in tears

After an unexpected squirting of water

Bea was also a bit frightened of the very protective dinosaur mummy

Lurking in the dark!

We did all enjoy it though

And Bea could be heard shouting

Again, again, again!

For Esther, it was all about The Flight of the Pterosaur

She went first with Daddy

And came racing off wanting more

So she took me on

The Flight of the Terror Soar

I was imagining

But my brave little girl wanted me on

Wanted to hold my hand

And so I did

And it was wonderful

Fast and high

All above the land of Lost Kingdom

With a height restriction of 1m

A great rollercoaster for all the family to enjoy

Before the ride stopped

Esther was already wanting to fly again

Instead she rode the Dino Chase with William

This was about the limit of his nerve

And they loved riding this mini coaster together

One ride Esther, William and Bea all loved was

Boulder Dash

Spinning round in almost crashing

Rocks and eggs

Was exhilarating fun

We loved exploring Lost Kingdom

Searching high and low for sneak peeks of dinosaurs

Becoming Rangers

There was so much in the Kingdom to see and do

Sadly our visit was cut short by Mummy being poorly

But I have promised my Explorer Team

That we will go back

That we will get to go in with the T Rex

And we will journey beyond the Lost Kingdom

To the world of Peppa Pig

What a roarsome day out for all the family

Paultons Park we salute you

We will be back!

We were invited to the preview day free of charge in return for an honest review